Appliance for the treatment of the mucous membrane.



0. WILSON. APPLIANCE FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.19, 1914.

1 1 14,21 2. Patented 001;. 20, 1914.

m Wm WM IHE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. l

UNITED sTAr s PATENT orrlon.

CLAY WILSON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPLIANCE FOR THE T ATMENT. or run MUCOUS MEMBRANE.

Specification of Letters Patent, Patented Oct. 20, 1914:."

Application filed January 19, 1914. Serial No. 812,913.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, CLAY WiLsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Appliances for the Treatment of the Mucous Membrane, of which the following is a specification. a My present invention is an improvement upon the contrivance set forth inmy concurrent application for patent for inhalers Serial No. 761,678, filed April 17th, 1913,

' and is designed to adapt the device to a broader field of usefulness so that it may not only be used for purposes of inhalation but also for the treatment of mucous membrane generally by the forcible injection ofmedimore fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figural,

into and through the medicated liquid 17?).- This. insures a saturated discharge of air cated vapor to parts affected.

The invention consists in the specific construction and arrangement of parts described and claimed herein, a distinctive feature being the use and formation with the reservoir or containing chamber of inlet and outlet ducts extending across the top of the reservoir and parallel thereto and to each other, and opening into the said containing chamber on opposite sides thereof, whereby said ducts are confined within the radius or area of the side walls of the chamber, protected thereby, and are best adapted for copulation with flexible tubing connect-' ing the reservoir respectively withzan air forcing device, such as a rubber compres- S1011 bulb, and with an application nozzle for directing the vapor under pressure to parts to be treated medicinally, all as hereinafter is a side elevation of my improved mediciat right angles to Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a top view of the reservoir; Fig. 4, a vertical section upon plane of line 1-4: Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a sectional elevation on plane of line 5-5 Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a view of the reservoir turned upward for the purpose of charging with a medicinal liquid; Fig. 7, an isometrical perspective illustrating in outline the equip ment of the reservoir for use.

The reservoir R, is preferably though not necessarily made of glass in one integral piece, although it may be made of other material and of two or more parts if desired. It is also preferably although not necessarily cylindrical with flat top and bottom,-the essential feature of novelty being the arrangement of the air inlet and dis charge ducts r, 7*, within the area or circumference of the top, and substantially parallel thereto and to each other, so that the outer ends of said ducts do not protrude beyond the sides of the receptacle but are protected thereby. This afiords a compact structure which may be conveniently and safely. packed for transp0rtation,-the distance between the ducts and their protrusion above the top of the reservoir being slight and only suflicientto admit of the coupling on of rubber or, other flexible tubing when the reservoir is desired for use, as indicated in Fig. 7 ,for instance, in which the flexible tubing t, connects the inlet duct 1, with an air forcing device a, consisting of an ordi nary rubber compression bulb,-(which -may be replaced by any other mechanical expedient) and the tube t, which connects the discharge'duct r, with an application 11ozzlen, of any suitable form and construction, dependent upon the situation of the mucous membrane to be treated with the air im pregnated with vapor absorbed from the medicinal liquid m, contained in the reser- I voirR.

Ordinarily the v reservoir is only about half'filled with the medicinal liquid m, leavlatter. The forcing of the air into resermg avapor space above the surface 'of'the voir agitates the liquid more or less, so that the air readily takes up and carries overthe volatile." constituents of the liquid vehicle;

butvif it'is desired to use a stronglyrimpregnated current'of'medicated air Iprovide the inlet. ductfr, with an extension r into the reservoir, so as to positively conduct the air moistened by the liquid as well as impregnated with the volatile matter derived therefrom, and renders the device most efiective for the treatment of malignant diseases of the mucous membrane, particularly ulcerconditions of use are insuch close proximity to the top of the reservoir as to be efiectually protected thereby; and their parallelism also makes one act as a lateral guard for the other. Their horizontal alinement also is natural line of extension of the flexible coupling tubes 25, t. Vhen it is desired to charge the reservoir this may be effected through either one of the ducts as illustrated in Fig. 6, the reservoir being held upward at right angles to its normal position with the ducts in a vertical position, or substantially so, it being understood as heretofore intimated that the reservoir is never filled with the medicated liquid.

I am aware that in my concurrent application hereinbefore referred to I show an inlet duct extending across the top of a container and opening therein at one side thereof, with an inhalation nozzle situated at and opening into the other side of the container, but the inhaler therein disclosed is not adapted to the use of air under pressure as herein set forth, nor for the treatment for diseases or ailments other than those of the throat and nasal passages. While my present invention is likewise adapted to treatment of the throat and nasal passages it is also adapted to the treatment of other and less accessible parts of the body, and to the remedy or cure of a larger number of dis cases and affections of the mucous membrane.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A reservoir of the character designated formed with inlet and discharge ducts projecting from and opening into opposite sidesthereof, and extending side by side transversely across the top thereof, said ducts being parallel to each other, or substantially so, for the purpose described.

2. A reservoir of the character designated formed with inlet and discharge ducts proj ecting from and opening into opposite sides thereof, and extending side by side transpose described. most convenient for the attachment and j versely across the top thereof, said ducts being parallel to each other, or substantially so, and terminating wlthln the circumferenceof the top of said reservoir for the pur- 3. A one piece glass reservoir of the character designated formed with inlet and discharge d-t rcts projecting from and opening into opposite sides thereof, and extending side by side transversely across the top thereof, saidducts being parallel to each other, or substantially so for the purpose described.

4.. A one piece glass reservoir of the character designated formed with inlet and discharge ducts projecting from and opening zinto opposite sides thereof, and extending side by side transversely across the top thereof, said ducts being parallel to each other, or substantially so, and terminating within the circumference of the top of said reservoir, for the purpose described.

5. A reservoir of the character designated formed with inlet and discharge ducts projecting from and opening into opposite sides thereof, and extending side by side trans versely across the top thereof, said ducts being parallel to each other, or substantially so, and the inlet duct being formed with an extension projecting into the reservoir and extending approximately to near the bottom thereof for the purpose described.

6. A one piece glass reservoir of the character designated formed with inlet and discharge ducts projecting from and opening into opposite sides thereof, and extending side by side transversely across the top thereof, said ductsbeing parallel to each other, or substantially so, and the inlet duct being ;formed with an extension projecting into f the reservoir and extending approximately I to near the bottom thereof described.

for the purpose CLAY WILSON Witnesses GEO. \VM. Mmrr, DOROTHY MIATT.

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